Sotheby’s Hauls in $341.9 M. at Contemporary Auction, with SFMOMA’s Rothko Selling for $50.1 M
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May 17, 2019 by Judd Tully

Even as a U.S.–China trade war rages and the stock market continues through a volatile stretch, the contemporary art market Read more…

Jeff Koons Rabbit Goes for Record $91.1 M. at Rock-Solid $539 M. Christie’s Contemporary Sale
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May 16, 2019 by Judd Tully

A potent combination of record-setting Pop art masterworks and a stainless steel rabbit sculpture by you-know-who drove Christie’s postwar and Read more…

Record-Breaking $110.7 M. Monet Painting Leads Sotheby’s Imp-Mod Sale to Robust $349.9 M. Finish
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May 15, 2019 by Judd Tully

Powered by a stunning Claude Monet landscape that doubled its estimate and elicited hearty applause in the grand salesroom, Sotheby’s Read more…

Christie’s Imp-Mod Sale Brings in Market-Affirming $399 M., With Records for Balthus and Bonnard
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May 14, 2019 by Judd Tully

Despite a jaw-dropping day on Wall Street with the Dow tumbling more than 600 points, the art market performed in Read more…

Basquiat – A Cornucopia of Riches
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April 4, 2019 by Judd Tully

New York these days is awash in mostly exquisite works by Jean-Michel Basquiat, thanks to twin exhibitions at Nahmad Contemporary Read more…

A Salute to Sir John Richardson
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March 13, 2019 by Judd Tully

Over the course of many years and numerous articles I’d written that touched on the subject of Pablo Picasso, the Read more…

A Couple of Takeaways from the Armory Show at Pier 94
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March 11, 2019 by Judd Tully

There were (at least) two paintings at The Armory Show 25 from galleries that I follow and that I fancied Read more…

Phillips Small but Tidy Evening Sale
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March 7, 2019 by Judd Tully

Phillips small but tidy evening sale of 20th Century and Contemporary Art at its sleek London headquarters in Berkeley Square Read more…

Christie’s Big Night for Hockney But Little Excitement Overall
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March 6, 2019 by Judd Tully

Apart from a single David Hockney painting that contributed almost half of the £79.3/$104.1 million sale result of Christie’s Post-War Read more…

Sotheby’s Rock Solid Contemporary Night
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March 5, 2019 by Judd Tully

Sotheby’s London season opener contemporary art evening sale though absent of masterpieces, nevertheless delivered rock solid results of £93,295,300/$122,953,876. Only Read more…